Members of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning Tom Duff, from left, Gee Ogletree and Jeanne Luckey listen during a Health Affairs Committee meeting at the Universities Center in Ridgeland, Miss., Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
The board overseeing Mississippi public universities failed to pass a series of policy changes in November that would have increased its oversight of off-campus degree programs following months of unusually spirited discussion for the typically rehearsed public body.